eVGA 680i LT SLI Motherboard Review

The Test System

Here is the Intel Test Platform:

nForce 680i LT SLI Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Motherboard	eVGA 680I SLI w/ P26 BIOS
Memory	Corsair PC2-9136
Video Card	1 x GeForce 8800GTX
Hard Drive	Western Digital 500GB
Cooling	Corsair Nautilus 500
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling 1KW
Operating System	Windows XP Professional

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows XP Professional build 2600 with Service Pack 2 and DirectX 9.0c. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. All of the modules were run in dual channel mode! The memory on both boards was a kit of Corsair PC2-9136 Dominator memory running 2GB at 3-3-3-8 1T timings at 800MHz with 2.2V. Below are the CPU-Z and Core Temp screen shots of the test system.

Let’s take a look at the performance numbers!